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Ansbach explosion: Bomber pledged allegiance to IS
The Syrian man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday made a video pledging allegiance to the leader of so-called Islamic State, Bavarian authorities say. The man threatened a "revenge attack" on Germans in the video, they said. Germany's federal prosecutor's office has taken on the case due to...
Ansbach explosion: Bomber pledged allegiance to IS
The Syrian man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday made a video pledging allegiance to the leader of so-called Islamic State, Bavaria's interior minister says. Joachim Hermann said two phones, multiple SIM cards and a laptop were found with the body of the 27-year-old asylum seeker or at his accommodation....
American B-52 bomber crashes in Guam
A B-52 bomber has crashed shortly after take-off at a US base in Guam, the US Air Force says. It says all seven crew members safely left the aircraft after the incident at 08:30 local time (22:30 GMT Wednesday) at Andersen Air Force Base. The US Air Force told the BBC it was treating the incident as a "mishap". The...
Paris attacks: Suicide bomber video shown on French TV
Disturbing video of an Islamic State militant blowing himself up on the night of the Paris attacks in November has been broadcast in France. The CCTV footage shows Brahim Abdesalam detonating his suicide belt in the Comptoir Voltaire cafe. It has drawn shocked comments on social media but no formal complaint to France's...
Brussels bomber was inspired to carry out sick killings by bizarre horse dream
THE crazed jihadi who detonated a bomb on the Brussels Metro was inspired to commit mass murder in the name of Islam by a bizarre set of dreams. Khalid el-Bakroui was responsible for the blast at Maelbeek station in March that killed 14 people — part of coordinated attacks that left 35 dead across the Belgian capital. The...
Why NASA still files an old British bomber design
The Canberra bomber was designed way back in the 1940s. So why is Nasa still using three of them today? BBC Future investigates. In 1944, with World War Two entering its final stages, the British Air Ministry set out requirements for a new bomber, one that would be able to fly at high speeds and high altitudes. The ministry...
Somalia plane bomber was meant to board Turkish flight: airline executive
A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Daallo Airlines plane last week and forced it to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu was meant to be on a Turkish Airlines flight, Daallo's chief executive said on Monday. The bomber was sucked out of the plane through the 1-metre-wide (1-yard-wide) hole...
Wheelchair Passenger Suspected As Suicide Bomber In Somalia Plane Explosion
A wheelchair passenger who boarded a commercial plane in Somalia’s capital may have been a suicide bomber responsible for Tuesday’s explosion that ripped a hole in the side of the aircraft as it took off. Investigators suspect the man was able to use the wheelchair to bypass rigorous security screening at...